The spectacular Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido, a World Natural Heritage site, is a magnet for tourists keen to revel in the magnificent natural landscape and wildlife of the country’s ...

The Shiretoko Peninsula, located in eastern Hokkaido Prefecture, juts into the Sea of Okhotsk. Its center is lined by 1,500-meter peaks. The heavily forested area is home to a diverse group of ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido—Set net fishing for salmon, where nets are dropped along migrating fish routes, is at its seasonal peak off the Shiretoko Peninsula on the eastern point of Japan’s northernmost ...

and in 2005 was designated as a World Natural Heritage Site.

In this photo released by the 1st Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, rescuers attend a person found on a rocky area near the tip of Shiretoko Peninsula in northern Japan of Hokkaido Sunday ...

According to the Japanese public television network NHK, the crew of “Kazu 1″ warned the coast guard that the ship was sinking while off the Shiretoko Peninsula, a remote UNESCO World Heritage ...

Away from the bustling Harajuku district in Tokyo and the Zen temples in Kyoto is an untouched frontier that offers adventurers an opportunity to get off the beaten path and explore a different ...